JUMP INTO THE DUMPSTER – NOVEMBER 2015

Local game inventors are now selling their PBL Robots card game in stores as far away as California and North Dakota… Needle drop-off boxes at Peppermint, Deering Oaks and York Street parks have only collected 1 or 2 needles per week, and the one in Deering Oaks was broken into… Crystal Cron named new chair of Portland Greens… Deering High senior Ibrahim Shkara and Telling Room Executive Director Heather Davis accept award from Michelle Obama at the White House for an after school literary program… Department of Public Services gets its named changed back to Department of Public Works… Portland Area Youth Soccer enters playoffs ranked 16 out of 19 teams and goes on to win Girls State Championship… Rob Korobkin lives up to his promise to have fun if he didn’t win the election, and is spotted enjoying Viva and the Reinforcements at the Razzle Dazzle Ball… Diane Russell puts out the call, Preble Street is 195 turkeys short and needs your donation… Spencer Thibodeau tries to attend his first WENA meeting as Councilor-elect, but shows up on the wrong day… Bubba’s Sulky Lounge named 7th best dive bar in America by The Daily Meal blog… Clean water and clean air advocate Ivy Frignoca hired to be the next Casco Baykeeper… WMPG goes off air for most of the day for tower repairs… Bracket Street Vet has received reports of coyotes living around the Western Cemetery… York becomes first town in Maine to completely ban single-use plastic shopping bags… Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative turns in proposal to provide 30% local food for the UMaine food services contract… Portland Schools add 1-hour delay option to storm day procedures… Chellie Pingree helps local craft brewers fight the merger of Anheuser-Busch and Miller… Portland School District wants everyone to know they have NOT endorsed Question 2…